Carriage robe



Jan. 6, 1948. o. KOVARY 2,434,213

CARRIAGE ROBE Filed June 7, 1946 INVENTOR.

BY Quwo VARY Patentecl Jan. 6, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4Claims.

This invention relates to carriage robes and the like and moreparticularly to robes adapted for the bundling of infants within theircarriages.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a carriage robe forinfants which is easily constructed and so formed as to extend over theshoulders and around the chest of the child as well as around the feetand lower body portion.

It is another object of the invention to provide a carriage robe intowhich the infant can be bundled or removed with the minimum of effort,and wherein the parts upon being opened leave wide opening space for theinsertion of the child, and so that the tugging and pulling of clothingwhich is customar with the usual winter clothing of children is notpresent.

According to the invention, the robe is closed at the bottom and is ofsufiicient width to accommodate the feet of the infant but tapersupwardly to provide a zipper connection along its upper side edges andbetween front and rear portions of the robe. The rear portion extendsupwardly above the front portion and has upper corners which are adaptedto be pulled down over the shoulders of the infant and fastened to thefront portion and beneath the neck of the infant.

In a modified form of the invention, the zipper connection which extendsup the sides, takes an inward turn for connecting the rear corners, whenin their folded down position, to the front portion of the robe.

In still another form of the invention, the side zippers are dispensedwith and a single central front zipper in the front portion and belowthe neck is used. In such a construction, the folded down corners areconnected the same as in the first form, that is, by loops in thecorners adapted to fasten over buttons on the front portion. In any ofthe forms, holes may extend through the front portion for the projectionof the infants arms therethrough, these openings being adjacent endopenings of a muff fastened to the inner face of the front portion.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view looking at the top front and upon one sideof one form of robe.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the robe shown in, Fig. 1, opened up topermit the insertion of the infant or the entry of a person in case therobe is of large size and designed for use by grownups.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of a closed robe, taken along the line33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows thereof.

Fig. 4 is a top front perspective view of a modified form of robewherein the zipper connection is made throughout the side and across thefront to connect the corner with the front portions.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the form of the invention shown in Fig.4 with the parts thereof disconnected and opened to permit the insertionof the infant.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view looking down upon the top, front and at oneside of still another modified form of the invention wherein the zippersealing means extends down the front of the robe.

Fig. 7 is a, perspective view of a still further modification of theinvention. Referring now particularly to Figs. 1-3 wherein there isshown one form of the invention, l0 indicates generally the robe of bagformation having a wide bottom ll adapted to receive the feet of theinfant, front and rear portions l2 and [3 extending upwardly from thebottom and permanently fastened together for some distance above thebottom I l as by means of stitching I4 and for the remainder of theheight connected together by a zipper arrangement l5. One of thesezipper arrangements is at each side of the robe. They are such that uponbeing released the front portion 12 is permitted to be rolled forwardlyand downwardly, thereby permitting easy access to the interior of therobe.

The rear portion 13 extends upwardly a considerable distance beyond thefront portion l2 and the zipper arrangements Hi, to enclose the back andshoulders of the infants when corners l6 are folded downwardlythereover, substantially along the dot-dash line I1, for connection bymeans of their loops 18 with buttons 19 on the front portion I2 near thetop edge thereof. Between the rolled down corners I6 and above the frontportion, the infants head and neck is extended.

In the front portion l2 are two openings 2| and 22. Through theseopenings the infant's arms may be extended to the exterior of the robe.On the rear face of the front portion between the openings 2| and 22,there is provided a muff portion into which the infant's hands can beextended or by which things may be carried in- .teriorly of the robe.This muff is indicated at 23 (Fig. 3).

When it is desired to move the infant from the robe, the button loops l8are taken from the buttons H! on the robe front portion l2 and thezippers I5 are opened downwardly from the top whereby to permit theupper edge of the front portion to be rolled outwardly and downwardly.

Referring now to Figs. 4 and 5, there is shown a robe of identicalconstruction, the only difference being the manner in which the frontand rear portions and thefolded down corners l6 are sealed. The buttons19 and loop 1% are dis pensed with. The zipper arrangement now extendsup the entire, rear portion as indicated at 25 thereby to include thefolding corner [6. The

zipper section on the front portion is extended transversely toward thecenter of the front portion as shown at 26 so that as the zipper slideis brought up and the corners are folded down a transverse movement ofthe slide is effected over the zipper section 2&. To open the robe theslide of the zipper is brought transversely to the side edge of the robeto release the folded corner of the rear portion from the front portion,the zipper slide is then brought downwardly to permit the front portionto be more fully rolled down from the rear portion whereby to permit afreer insertion of the infant into the robe.

Referring now to Fig. 6, there are no side zippers provided. A singlezipper 28 is used on the front portion l2. The folded down portions l6are connected at their corners by means of loops I8 to buttons IS in thesame manner described above in connection with the form of the inventionshown in Fig. 1.-

To rel-ease the infant the loops I8 of the folded down corners areunfastened from buttons i9 and the single zipper slide 28 is broughtdownwardly.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7 the robe I0 is shown to beof a shape substantially oval in cross section. Otherwise this form isconstructed similarly to the previous forms,

like numbers with an accent added denoting similar parts.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A carriage robecomprising front and rear portions connected togetherat their sides and bottom to provide a bag like bottom portion suitablefor the legs and feet of the occupant, said 2. A carriage robecomprising front and rear portions connected together at their sides andbottom to provide a bag like bottom portion suitable for the legs andfeet of the occupant, said rear portion extending upwardly above thefront portion sufficiently to permit its corners to be folded down overthe shoulders of the occupant and about his neck, means for fasteningthe folded corners to the front portion, zipper fastenings extendingfrom the top of the front portion downwardly along the sides of the robeand adapted when open to permit the front portion to be rolled forwardlyaway from the rear portion whereby to permit an easy insertion of theoccupant within the robe.

3. A carriage robe comprising front and rear portions connected togetherat their sides and bottom to provide a bag like bottom portion suitablefor the legs and feet of the occupant, said rear portion extendingupwardly above the front portion sufficiently to permit its corners tobe folded down over the shoulders of the occupant and about his neck,means for fastening the folded corners to the front portion, saidfastening means for the turned down corners of the rear portion being incommon the fastening means for securing the upper part of the frontportion to the rear portion, thereby causing the zipper slide to make anangle turn on moving between the sides of the robe and along the foldeddown corners.

4. A carriage robe comprising front and rear portions connected togetherat their sides and bottom to provide a bag like bottom portion suitablefor the legs and feet of the occupant, said rear portion extendingupwardly above the front portion sumciently to permit its corners to befolded down over the shoulders of the occupant and about his neck, meansfor fastening the folded corners to the front portion, said fasteningmeans comprising a zipper section extending on oLIvI o KOVARY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe file ofthis patent:

UNITED I STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 777,825 Wilkes Dec. 20, 19041,537,119 Kepl nger May 12, 1925 1,661,768 Marshall Mar. 6, 19281,902,843 Ferrari et a1 Mar. 28, 1933 Milkes July 23, 1935

